The Wicked Witch of the East

This is the glorious tale of the wicked witch of the East. Being that I have been reading the Harry Potter series I have accumulated much more knowledge on the subjects of witches than I previously had. They are an interesting bunch of people that are not only talented in many areas but also very elusive. So this will be a quick illustrative of a long drawn out encounter with one from the broomstick area. I first arrived here in the first week in January 2001. By the second week I had had a contemplative and rigorous negotiation period with my future boss and was already teaching at her cram school. The situation seemed reasonable for both my cousin and I. We lived on the one side of the school paid not so much for rent and I was to have a contract for 8 months. Now let me tell you a little bit about this witch. Her name was Jenny but for those of you who are called Jenny do not worry because her real name is in Chinese giving no evil or abominable qualities the great name of Jenny so you are safe. This lady was quite the interesting person when it came down to business. There was always the concern Alex, Mike, and I would bring was to the cheapness and frugal manner in which she conducted her affairs. Yes, the epidimy of cheapness. She had uncertain eyes and a way about her that told me who was in charge. With medium black strait hair, glasses usually worn and less slender figure it amazes me how she could have ever got on that broomstick? I was certain that despite all of the problems she seemed to be having I was destined to stay there the certain amount of time. So one week before I was to leave I was called in with Alex to resolve some problems she had with not paying commission to CRA (the company Alex worked for) who placed me there at her school. She had some concerns like I had picked my nose in class and this was not good and she wanted to charge me more for rent and the elementary school was not happy and this and that. Basically she was blowing steam. I told her that I was moving out because I felt that the rent was too high and the small classroom where Mike and I lived was not working for us. Well it was a usual discussion and I also had many concerns that I will not bore you with. Well Ok maybe I will. For over three months she had not got me a working visa and every week upon insisting for one she would always tell me oh the first of next week don't worry. She never paid me on time and sub-contracted me out to other schools to make money off me? This made me quite uneasy. So that day there she told me in one week she was done with me and tried to make me promise to tell no one I was leaving. Well I could see right through that and as soon as I left she would kindly say that I had quite and found another job and save her face. Well that is exactly what she did to some others but I of course could not say goodbye to the many people in which had befriended me. So after she heard that I had said goodbye to one particular school she raised her protest and threatened not to pay me for the month of March. Yip a killer moment in the history of McKay. She ended up still owing me over $1000cnd, a chunk of change. She told these other schools that I quite and there was nothing that she could do and that she paid me every week or once every two weeks. She paid me every month if I was lucky. She also started making up other stories that mad me look really bad. That best of which is that I was molesting little children? It's a very weird thing that in one breath she could say that I was the best teacher that she ever had and in the next I was the cause of all her sorrow. So the epic saga continues and some very interesting news that I just received is that she is now fired that she was not the boss? She was never married to Mark as friend of ours as well and she was fired for stealing money from the real bosses. Wow that really puts the icing on the cake. When I eventually did get my visa one week before I was fired the name on it was not her school it was another school that I worked one hour per week at my last month there? Very confusing!? So hopes of ever retrieving my money is very slim and further more burning her at the steak like her ancestors just could not be tolerated in this country. So I will take all of the frustration and thoughts that I have had and put them at ease. I will try to take this experience with an open mind and a contrite spirit so that my heart can forgive and relax. All in all this was so good for me. I now live in a 4 bedroom place with Alex ad Mike and I have new work that pays me more for similar hours worked and I am free with no more vice to way me down. I feel free to now consume the life that I lead and chalk this experience up as a great learning device that has made me a much better person. Special thanks go out to all of those who helped make this all possible and for their undying support throughout the making of this movie. Long live the witches of the East. May their memory last forever and may they receive their undue reward. The End Opps...hold everything I just got wind of the incredible happening of this most amazing witch. Apparently from my inside sources she has been embezzling a lot of money. The former accountant who is still the accountant and secretary there speculates that she has took over 20,000,000 NT dollars which is equivalent to about 1 million Canadian dollars. WOW. It just keeps getting better folks so stay tuned for our next update of this improbable event. The (not so certain) End Love McKay